RealFeedApp Feather-star inspired robot swims in three dimensions
Researchers at North Carolina State University developed an aquatic robot based on the flexible limbs of a feather star to overcome the lack of vertical maneuverability found in earlier designs.
- Field
- robotics
- What they did
- Researchers from North Carolina State University developed an underwater robot inspired by feather stars with flexible limbs to solve the lack of vertical maneuverability found in previous models.
- Why it matters
- This will allow robots to swim as naturally as fish and perform complex movements like changing direction and rotating in place, which is critical for exploring the underwater world.
#biomimetics#underwater robotics#feather star#maneuverability#north carolina state university
